6 As a winner of the award – please add a link back to the blog that presented you with the award – and then proudly display the award on your blog and sidebar … and start collecting stars…

Unlike other awards which you can only add to your blog once – this award is different! When you begin you will receive the ‘1 star’ award – and every time you are given the award by another blog – you can add another star!

There are a total of 6 stars to collect. Which means that you can check out your favourite blogs, and even if they have already been given the award by someone else, then you can still bestow it on them again and help them to reach the maximum 6 stars!

Gail, you are the kindest. You and Cara. Both of you gave me this award. I KNOW you hope to encourage me to carry on. I promise I will. I just looked at GRS again. I hadn’t been there in awhile. Your photographs are amazing. Such variety too. So many beautiful images… You don’t just “hit” one once in awhile. They’re consistently superb. I thought about your children and how they will treasure your work. Your family are there too. I love that. Lots of photographers don’t show photographs of their families. I think that’s sad. When I travel through your work, I see you and your beautiful family too. They are professional shots wonderfully composed and all so natural that I feel as if I’ve shared your time with them.